Quotes of: Authority-figures Keyword

Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste.

Candide

Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books written because authors couldn't find anyone to talk to.

The Consolations of Philosophy

-You have no respect for excessive authority or obsolete traditions. You're dangerous and depraved, and you ought to be taken outside and shot!

Catch-22

The sign of a good novel is what it can cause its reader to see, even if this lies beyond the author's own vision.

The Cold War

Literature is that neuter, that composite, that oblique into which every subject escapes, the trap where all identity is lost, beginning with the very identity of the body that writes.

The Death of the Author

Most gothics are overplotted novels whose success or failure hinges on the author's ability to make you believe in the characters and partake of the mood.

Danse Macabre

No, it’s not a very good story - its author was too busy listening to other voices to listen as closely as he should have to the one coming from inside.

Different Seasons

The boldest plans for the future invoke the authority of the past; and that even a revolutionary seeks to satisfy himself that he is also a reactionary.

The Everlasting Man

What gives meaning to your life is rooted in your definition of the author of life.

Face to Face Meetings with Jesus Christ 3: Revealing the End of the Age

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First Thrills: High-Octane Stories from the Hottest Thriller Authors

...each person is required to ask, 'what is my authority?' - on what do you base your decisions? if it's yourself, then you are without excuse...

A Familiar Rain

Any teachings that fail to recognize Jesus Christ as the author of life, is absolutely antichrist.John 1:1-13.

God's Blueprint of the Holy Bible

You have authority in your mouth, hence don't need to be afraid; but rather positively affirm!

The Great Hand Book of Quotes

Poem in other words may or may not result from inspiration but must (in reader and author alike) produce it--

God's Silence

As many authors have said, if the writer is not surprised by events, then chances are that the reader will not be either, and grow bored.

How To Write Science Fiction

Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart. ~William Wordsworth Being an author is like being in charge of your own personal insane asylum. ~Graycie Harmon

Heart of Glass

I love the longueurs of a book even if they seem pointless because you can get a peek into the author’s mind, a glimpse of their creative soul.

Brushstrokes of a Gadfly

To accept Jesus is to accept His total authority in your life.

The Big Story: How the Bible Makes Sense out of Life

China and the U.S. are two societies with very different attitudes towards opinion and criticism. In China, I am constantly under surveillance. Even my slightest, most innocuous move can - and often is - censored by Chinese authorities.

Ai Weiwei

In an age that is sometimes nowadays frightening or confusing, we feel reassured by the almost parental-like authority of experts who tell us so clearly what it is we can and cannot do.

Noreena Hertz

For me, books have always been a way to feel less alone while being alone. Perhaps if I was depressed and isolated, just communicating with these authors through their sentences helped me.

Jonathan Ames